... EVEN in wartime, spring still brings the same feeling for new clothes something gay and fresh-looking for the first sunny days. Margaret Marks, of Knightsbridge, has an attractive collection of suits and three-piece outfits. The dress and jacket above, in contrasting colours, are simple and practical, with the tailored look that appears so often in this season's models. For special occasions ...

... ttk^ftermr Smart and slender ising, giving that freedom of action so appreciated by modern women, KONERAY is in deed the skirt of skirts. No other ready made skirt has graduated knife- edge pleats ALL ROUND that taper off into a snug -fitting hip line none is available in so wide a range of quality materials. All good drapers and stores stock the KONERAY Manufacturers C. STILLITZ LEAMINGTON ...

... Besides running the Women's Voluntary Services branch at Arundel and a collecting centre for the relief of the Free French in Great Britain, the Duchess of Norfolk has taken on the training estab lishment at Michel Grove. Since the Duke and their trainer, Victor Gilpin, rejoined their regiments when war was declared, the Duchess decided to carry on for duration, and she is now super vising all ...

... Tlie Waterloo Cup I>(T Flint and Skylight Sfron^ly Fancied lty I>. H. Watson-Wood THAT the Waterloo Cup is not to be lost to coursers despite the troubled times speaks for itself as to the enthusiasm for the sport. The second of the coursing classics to be decided since the outbreak of war will be run over the famous Withens at Altcar next Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday. Thus the sequence of ...

... NOW that dress-designers have to depend on this country for their materials, traditional fabrics are becoming fashionable. Paquin, of London, shows the possibilities of Welsh flannel in the two models shown on this page. The tailored jumper suit above is made in Welsh petticoat flannel, scarlet striped with black. Its buttons are moulded with whortleberries, from which the scarlet dye is ...

... JOE E. BROWN and his wife were married twenty-five years ago at a register office because Joe couldn't run to a church in those days. So on their recently celebrated Silver Wedding day Mr. and Mrs. Brown were re-married at St. Thomas's Hollywood, and this picture shows them leaving the church after the ceremony. TREAT FROM AMERICA Jean Colin, star of 44 Aladdin at the Coliseum, surrounded by ...

... After Bardia How the Bastion of Fascism was Captured by Storm this, and on pp. 132 133 and 134--33 of this issue, we publish many striking pictures, from official sources, of the great victory at Bardia. These will serve to underline the reports of British war corre spondents and to visualise for our readers the conditions under which British and Imperial Forces in the Western Desert are now ...

... And a Series of Official Photographs Showing Scenes in BARDIA AFTER ITS CAPTURE A WADI CROWDED WITH STRANDED ITALIAN LORRIES AT BARDIA: The North African terrain is creased with numberless gullies or wadis like the one above: they have been used by the Italians for defensive works and for concealment. After the fall of Bardia these lorries were discovered hidden in one of the nearby wadis and ...

... BRITAIN'S FORTRESSES IN THE SEA A J\ew Scries of Pictures Just Released for Publication I/'ey points in the fixed defences on the southern coast of Britain are fortresses situated in the middle of the sea during the last six months, with the threat of invasion coming nearer, these strongholds have been enormously expanded. To-day, they are manned by naval and military personnel, and strong ...

... No. 2 Charles I and Oliver Cromwell WHAT were the King's thoughts on this memorable January 30, 1649, when he nothing common did or mean? The morning was grey and snow was falling. Ten o'clock had just struck as the King stepped from the eastern door of St. James's Palace. He had wrapped around him a black velvet cloak, but was bareheaded. Ironsides in leather doublets and steel helmets wall ...

... S hip Models The Collectio?i of these makes quite a Fascinating Hobby By Frank C. Bowen FROM a few years before the outbreak of the last war until the great Wall Street slump the supply of ship models to American collectors was a big business, especially when these collections became a fashionable craze after the end of the war. After American collections and museums had contrived to get the ...

... Wlmwwd ,H 1 /(ml By Chrysis WAR COXDITIOXS have created their own crop of beauty troubles. If you k waut help with yours or further 1 details of anything: mentioned in this article, write to me, at 33-34, St. Bride Y Street, E.C. 4. Our eyes have certainly had to take it this winter. Short days have kept us peering. Daily workers have dressed to artificial light, taken tickets in blacked- out ...